Submitted by Sabrina in Fulton, KY
My first pregnancy was fairly uneventful, no problems and very little sickness. I was due around the 7th of October and working part time. On September 13th I got home from work at 3:30 pm and around 5:00 I thought my water had broken (it isn’t always a gush and was my first baby so I wasn’t certain).
We went the hospital around 7:00 and they hooked me up to the monitors. Contractions were registering even though I wasn’t feeling them yet. Around midnight they said it was time for the epidural. There was a problem when they attempted to insert the needle and they tapped spinal fluid. That required them to do a blood patch which involved them running a tube from that site on my spine over my shoulder to my hand to pump blood into the fluid. Then they tried the epidural again. After 2 1/2 hours, they finally got it right. By then, it was almost time to push. My son was born at 3:18 am and the epidural was in such effect that I could not feel to push. I ended up with a 4th degree episiotomy and a beautiful 7lb 8oz baby boy around 3 weeks earlier than planned!
Scary! I’m glad everything worked out okay…